Amusement device



C. 'A. ROMAN.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE. APPLICATION mo JAN-30.1918.

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C. A. ROMAN.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30. I918.

Patented Feb. 3,1920.

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M By ATTORNEY rArENr or non CHARLES ROE IAN, OF 0K1 LEIGMA, OKL -I-IOMA,ASSIGNQR OF ONE-FIFTH TO JOHN SMITH, 6E OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA. p

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Application filed January 30, 1918.

that l, Cnlinnns A. ROMAN, a izen of th, United States, residing atOlrlahoma, in the county oi Oklahoma and State of Llzlalioma, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices, ofwhich the following is ciiioation, reference being had to the acpan hgmawzngs.

e object of the invention is to furnish iii'li'LlSSi-"1' 1 exercise.

" Win show one of the practical in which the invention may be embodiedand the, term which it has been built and operated.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, with the earth and aconcrete footing in section. 1

E3 is a view looking directly upward iron the line 22 of ig. 3 is afragmental elevation vier; of parts on a larger so is, taken in thedirection of the arrow 3 oi Fig. l.

Fig. l is a perspective view at close range, showing a traveling cableand a hanger.

Fig. 5 is a fra 'mental elevation view on still larger scale than Fig.3, showing an in order to drive the cable 15, a suitable number oi thepulleys are positively driven by a suitable motor, such, for example, asthe electric motor 16 which may be mounted on the support .10.

in establishing driving connections be tween the motor 16 and thepulleys l l, a specd-reducing jacl: 17 may be set on top of the support10 and driven from the motor 16 by a belt 18.

T he shaft 19 of this jack 1? may extend down through the support 10,and a sprodret wheel 20 on said shaft may be operatively connected withsprocketed portions of one or more of the pulleys it by a link belt 21.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

Serial No. 214,536.

lfnFig. 2 this link be1t 21 is represented by a heavy black line, and itdrive the tour pulleys 14*. I

The parts thus described are not claimed as new.

in carrying out the object stated, a number of hangers are attached tothe traveling cable 15 and adapted to partly or Wholly support theweight of persons suspended by them; and in order that the personssuspended may be swung from side to side while being carried by anddangling from the cable the supporting pulleys 1-1 are so positionedthat the cable travels in a serpentine path. 7

The hangers may be close enough together on the cable 15 to occasionallyswing the dangling persons into contact, and ust long enough to allowthe persons to control themselves by touching their feet to the floor12; and while there will be no chance to dangerously drag a person orthrow a number of persons into dangerous disorder, good exercise will befurnished and great skill developed by the persons in their attempts tomaintain their bearings and avoid awkward movements and positions. I

Vfithin the meaning and intent of the invention, the hangers maycomprise any suitable suspending connection;

In order, however, to prevent undue twisting of the hangers and whirlingof the persons suspended by them, an improved hanger is provided andbest shown in Fig. l.

In arranging this improved hanger, two flexible connections 22 dependfrom the cable 15, one of the connections being attached to the cablesome distance ahead of the other.

The lower ends of these connections 22 are attached to and support. theopposite ends of a bar 23, which normally parallels the cable 15.

A second bar 24 has its center secured rigidly to the center of the bar23, and stands at right angles to said bar 23 and the cable 15.

Suspending connections 25 depend from the ends of the bar 24 and supporta suitable seat 26, the seat being arranged to support a person ineither a standing or sitting position.

Each hanger is made elastic in the direction of its length, so that thepersons suspended may, by touching their feet to the floor 12 or othersupport, impart to themsleves a vertical springing movement While .hecable 15 carries them forward.

A practical Way to provide elasticity in the hangers is to make the bars23 and 2-1. of leaf-spring material, which has been done.

In order to have the seat 26 hang more nearly in stable equilibrium andnot too easily drop down at either side, the ends of the first-named bar23 are turnedupward as at 2'7, and the ends of the other bar 24 downwardas at 28.

in providing further means for imparting to the suspended persons avertical springing movement, each of the supporting pulleys 1a isprovided with an extra Wide supporting flange 29 for the cable 15. Itwill thus be seen that in the traveling of the suspending connections 22of p the hangers around the. pulleys, portions of said connections willbe swung into substantially horizontal position, as best shown in 3-,thereby taking up a part of the length of said connections and impartingto the suspended persons the springing movement described.

To avoid undue strain on the pivot-s of the pulleys 14 under load, saidpulleys may be provided With a radial flange 30, and said flange may besupported by a small roller 31 on a bracket 32 bolted to the support 10.

Additional amusement may be provided by limiting the. extent of thefloor l2 and Water 33 may be provided. in place or the floor omitted. ItWill then be necessary for the ersons to note their approach to theWater and hold their feet up or submit to a foot bath.

Having thus described the invention, 1 claim}- 1. In a device of theclass described, a

support, flexible depending means, suspended resilient carriers, and atraveling conveyer for said carriers.

2. In a device of the class described, a support, suspended resilientcarriers, flexible de pending means supporting said carriers, atraveling conveyer for said means, and means whereby the carriers arefree for 0scillation.

3. In a device of the class described, a traveling supporting cablemovable in a ser- Jentine path, hangers flexibly suspended from saidcable, and seat-supporting means suspended from said hangers andvertically resilient.

in a device of the class described, a traveling supporin cable movablein a serpentine path, flexible suspended means carried by said cable,resilient means supported rom said flexible means, and seat-carryingmeans supported from said resilient means.

5. in a device of the class described, a

hanger ,mbodying suspending means, memers of resilient material disposedat angles to each other and suspended from said means, and suspendingconnections depend ing from one of said member 6. In a device at theclass described, a hanger including two suspending connections, asupported at its ends by said connections, second bar secured centrallyto the first-named bar and disposed at right angles to said first-namedbar, suspending connections depending from the ends of the second-namedbar, and seating means at the lower ends said second connections.

l'l itness my hand this 26 day of January, 1918. r

CHARLES A. ROMAN.

